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Hi Guys,
New to the forum here, i've been reading through stuff here previously and only just decided to join, so i guess a bit about me first. I'm from all the way up north east in Newcastle, owned FN2 civic for 4 years and in Feb this year decided to upgrade to the FK2 in the blue (and so far absolutely loving it!).
I've had the misfortune of being pretty much shoved off the road earlier today at 50mph, causing some pretty bad damage to the front right alloy wheel from the curb (other than that there luckily isnt much cosmetic damage, the body work is all intact). Since then i've noticed the steering feels a bit off and the steering wheel is pointed slightly right when driving straight.
Was wondering peoples thoughts on a couple things:
Firstly, the alloy wheel. I know my local place which fixes them up last time i went said they couldn't do anything about the red strip going round the rim and they could only do the whole thing black, reckon its time to find somewhere new or is it actually pretty tricky to restore the wheel?
Secondly, i'm taking the car to my local garage in the morning (he's a sound bloke, never rips people off in my experience) and he's going to have a look at the damage from the shunt, i'm hoping its not something too serious!
Thanks, and sorry for the lengthy first post!
Adam
New to the forum here, i've been reading through stuff here previously and only just decided to join, so i guess a bit about me first. I'm from all the way up north east in Newcastle, owned FN2 civic for 4 years and in Feb this year decided to upgrade to the FK2 in the blue (and so far absolutely loving it!).
I've had the misfortune of being pretty much shoved off the road earlier today at 50mph, causing some pretty bad damage to the front right alloy wheel from the curb (other than that there luckily isnt much cosmetic damage, the body work is all intact). Since then i've noticed the steering feels a bit off and the steering wheel is pointed slightly right when driving straight.
Was wondering peoples thoughts on a couple things:
Firstly, the alloy wheel. I know my local place which fixes them up last time i went said they couldn't do anything about the red strip going round the rim and they could only do the whole thing black, reckon its time to find somewhere new or is it actually pretty tricky to restore the wheel?
Secondly, i'm taking the car to my local garage in the morning (he's a sound bloke, never rips people off in my experience) and he's going to have a look at the damage from the shunt, i'm hoping its not something too serious!
Thanks, and sorry for the lengthy first post!
Adam